Pareidolia (album)

Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese musician from Chiba Prefecture.^[4] Jim O'Rourke is an American musician from Chicago.^[5] Pareidoria is based on material that the duo played live in France, Switzerland, Italy, and Ireland, in 2023.^[6] The duo remixed and edited these recordings to create Pareidoria.^[7] It consists of four tracks: "Par", "Ei", "Do", and "Lia".^[8] The album was released on August 29, 2025, through Drag City.^[9] A music video was released for "Pareidolia (Single Edit)".^[10]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Mojo	[12]
Uncut	8/10[13]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Pareidolia received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.^[3]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic commented that "This album finds synergies within different performances, and constructs a more fleshed-out, finalized version of their live sets."^[11] He added, "Pareidolia feels unique in the way it visits several places at the same time, and finds a way to fold them into one."^[11] Jon Dale of Uncut wrote, "the greatest pleasure of its four eloquent tracks comes from the way the duo hint at narrative, delicately suturing disparate sounds to build a complex electro-acoustic suite."^[13]